Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-10-15
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Gathered From Our Exchanges From All
Over The Territory.

The Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows
is in session, this week, at Boise City
Weiser is circulating a petition
praying to be incorporated.
The Enterprise claims that some
very rich mines have been discovered
near Malad, Oneida county.
The improvement in the get-up and
make up of the Statesman shows that
q new man is at the pilot wheel
Two horses jumped from the ferry
boat and were swept over the great
falls of Shoshone.
The Herald reports a new -four mill
at Bellevue in operation, one of water
power instead of steam.
The ehinaman who attempted to
commit suicide and was jailed at
Boise has since died of his self in
hicted wounds.
No bids have yet been received for
the Oneida county bonds, and the
probability is that the county indebt-
edness viii not be bonded very soon.
Madame Luis Esperanza was ne
fused the use of the church in Cald-
well and hence did not deliver her
lectures on Hayti and the negro race,
Hon Fred I. Dubois is in the
Occur d'Alene country. 1t win soon
be time for him to turn his face to
wards the Nations capitol
Some .'worthless cur" threw stone
through the plate glass door of The
Idaho Recorder and now editor Booth
offers $50 for his arrest and convic-
ton.
Through the commendable efforts
of Bro. Lamoreux of the Cassia Coun-
ty Times a survey for a ditch is being
made that will reclaim 100000 acres
of valuable land in that county.
The HALEY Inter-Idaho says peti-
tons have been sent to that place from
Boise City, for signatures asking
Congress to keep US entire as a Terri
tory Every voter on Wood River
should sign it
The Bellevue Herald says the Haley
people were robbed promiscuously by
the Barrett circus gang, and that one
prominent business man had tumbled
against q swindling game and lost
several hundred dollars.
The News Miner says suit has been
commenced in the district court
against n. NJ. Ruick, ex-district attor-
ney, for 50, 12O.5O for fees alleged to
have been Illegally received by him
in 1885 and 1886.
Enterprise Court convenes on the
18th inst No criminal cases are on
the docket and only five or six civil
cases will come up for trial That is
a remarkably good showing for
Oneida county.
The Democrat thus enumerates the
different taxes: There is the road tax,
the hospital tax, school tax, the city
tax, the county tax, the dog tax, and
tax on the average mans mind in
rustling up the coin to stand off the
tax-collectors.
Boise Statesman-W do not believe
that there is more than one half OF
the Intoxicating liquor drank in this
town that there was two and a halt
years ago Notwithstanding the town
has increased very much in population
and other business, there are two
saloons less.
Statesman-Two monster boilers
bound for Silver mountain and be
longing to the English company Of
which Col. Matt. Graham is superin.
tendent, passed through the town
yesterday afternoon. They are the
largest we have as yet seen in this
country and look as if the company
intended to do business.
Statesman-It may prove Of interest
to some of our readers to know the
rate of wages paid to teachers in this
territory. Through the courtesy OF
Hon. Silas W. Moody, superintendent
of public instruction, we are enabled
to give the highest rates paid in ele-
ven counties, all that the returns at
hand enabled him to furnish. They
are as follows: Boise county, 800 per
month; Owyhee, 1925, Washington,
$75; Oneida, s62.5O; Ada, $3.50; Nez
Perez, 1925; Custer, 800; Cassia,
$50; Bingham, 800; Kootenai, s55;
idaho, $50.